July 31, 2008

Software and Failure

As Amy and run around like silly people packing up to head back to Boulder tonight, I stumbled upon two fantastic posts on the web.  Consider this your daily reading ...
July 30, 2008

Brief Thoughts On How The IBM Acquisition Machine Works

The NY Times has a great short article up titled The I.B.M. Acquisition Machine: A Seller’s Perspective.  It has several quotes from Pierre Haren, the co-founder of CEO of Ilog ...
July 29, 2008

Connecting Your Brain Directly To The Internet

It could happen before you expect it.  I read a lot of science fiction and have been fantasizing about the opportunity to jack into cyberspace for a long time.  We ...

Why I Spend A Month A Year in Homer, Alaska

I wish it were as simple as "the weather."  After 27 days in a row of rain (ok – we had sun for part of two days), the sun finally ...
July 28, 2008

The Best Advice For The Economy I’ve Heard In A While

Mark Cuban has a brilliant post up titled How to Jumpstart the Economy – Tax Free Small Businesses.  He totally nails it.  Send a copy to every politician you know.
July 25, 2008

A Very Good String Of Books

I had a week of "a book a day" where every single one I read was great.  I’m now slogging through an "ok" book (The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture ...
July 23, 2008

The Dark Knight

Amy insists I’m the Good Knight so we’ll call this a good night for the Dark Knight. Be afraid.  Be very afraid.

My Dad’s Summer Camp Story – 1950

I love it when my dad writes about personal history on his blog.  He’s a great storyteller and is extremely articulate about living and growing up in a generation that ...

Doubling Down

Fred Wilson – my friend and co-investor in Zynga – titled his post on Zynga’s $29 million financing Raising The Stakes so I couldn’t resist titling my post Doubling Down.  ...
July 22, 2008

Glue and Comments

Since last summer I’ve been talking about comments as the Dark Matter of the Blogosphere.  I use Intense Debate* for the comment system on my blog and have learned a ...

I’m Speculating About The Speculation About Oil

Having just finished reading George Soros’s latest book The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crash of 2008 and What It Means my brain is now full of his ...
July 21, 2008

Running and Conferences

I’ve got some fun things for you to do this Monday morning (or at least to put on your schedule to do.) Want to learn how to run?  How to Go ...

Reporting on w3w3 from Homer, Alaska

My friend Larry Nelson who with his wife Pat runs w3w3.com interviews me periodically.  I’m always happy to talk to Larry – he’s a tireless reporter on the Colorado entrepreneurial ...
July 20, 2008

Brilliant Op-Ed Crushing McCain On The Economy

My Sunday morning online scan of the New York Times turned up an awesome Op-Ed by Frank Rich titled It’s the Economic Stupidity, Stupid.  It’s a scathing (er – "fucking ...
July 19, 2008

Excellent Story on the Failure of Monitor110

It’s unusual for a founder to write a long thoughtful post on the failure of his company.  Roger Ehrenberg – the co-founder of Monitor110 – which shut down earlier this ...